Dave's Garden Newsletter

Covering the events of January 27

... in which ...

110 signed up. Our membership grew by 0.14% yesterday.
901 posts were made.
1 company was added to the Garden Watchdog.
9 ratings were added to the Garden Watchdog.
15 plants were added to the Plants Database.
41 comments were added to the Plants Database.
552 checkboxes were added to the Plants Database.
75 snapshots were added to the Plants Database.
9 entries were added to Botanary.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Gardening Quote of the Day

"You can count the number of seeds in a single apple, but only God knows the number of apples in one seed."

( -- Unknown)

Forum Photo of the Day

Subject: Please help what are these on my brug?
By springsong

Plants Database Photo of the Day

Japanese Iris, Japanese Flag 'Sensation'
Iris ensata
By Starzz

Forum Activity

A grand total of 901 posts were made yesterday.

Forum Posts

PDB Pictures 106 posts.

General Discussion 99 posts.

Brugmansias and Friends 86 posts.

Seed Trading 68 posts.

Photos 62 posts.

Prayer Requests 47 posts.

Pets 38 posts.

Roses 26 posts.

Recipes 25 posts.

Tomatoes 24 posts.

Garden Talk 23 posts.

Hostas 19 posts.

Parking Lot 18 posts.

Roundup 18 posts.

Day Lilies 18 posts.

Vines and Climbers 17 posts.

Welcome Mat 16 posts.

Tropicals 16 posts.

Health, Dieting and Beauty 15 posts.

Propagation 13 posts.

Vegetable Gardening 9 posts.

Garden Foes 9 posts.

Farm Life 9 posts.

Dirt Cheap 8 posts.

Jokes and Chat 8 posts.

Butterflies and Hummers 7 posts.

Dave's Garden 7 posts.

Identification 7 posts.

Trees & Shrubs 7 posts.

Market Growers 7 posts.

House Plants 6 posts.

Bulbs 6 posts.

Organic Gardening 5 posts.

Co-Op 5 posts.

Irises 5 posts.

Computer Talk 5 posts.

Pollbooth 5 posts.

Hoyas 4 posts.

Mail Call! 4 posts.

Wild Life 3 posts.

Cactus and Succulents 3 posts.

Annuals 3 posts.

Plant Trading 3 posts.

Disabled Gardeners 2 posts.

Home and Crafts 2 posts.

Soil 2 posts.

Master Gardeners 1 post.

Herbs 1 post.

Grass and Bamboo 1 post.

Perennials 1 post.

Greenhouse 1 post.

Water Gardens 1 post.

New Botanary Words

Name Pronunciation Meaning

Cyphophoenix sy-foh-FEE-niks From the Greek kyphos (tumor, hump) and phoenix (the date palm)
henryana hen-ree-AY-nuh Named for Augustine Henry, 20th century physician and botanist in Asia
Mauritia mor-REE-tee-uh Latinized from the Surinam vernacular Mauritii-boom
Psilotrophe sy-loh-STRO-fee From the Greek psilos (naked, glabrous) and strophe (a turning or stanza in music or poetry); reference is uncertain
tagetina tag-eh-TEE-nuh Possibly the diminutive of Tagetes (Marigold genus, named for Tages, an Etruscan god who sprang up from ploughed earth)
mauritanica maw-rih-TAWN-ee-kuh Of a North Africa area, now covered by Fez and Morocco
ophiolitica oh-fee-oh-LY-tee-kuh From the Greek ophios (serpent) and lithos (stone); referring to this Cycad's native habitat on serptentite rock
equitans EK-wih-tans To ride horseback
Pelagodoxa pel-uh-go-DOKS-uh From the Greek pelagos (sea or ocean) and doxa (praise or honor)

Journal Activity

59 new items.
6 new entries.

Plants Database Activity:

15 new plants.
41 new descriptions were added.
75 new images were added.
552 new content were checked off.

Garden Watchdog Activity:

1 new company was added to the database.
9 new ratings/comments were added to the database.

Member Addition Description
dirtfarmer Positive Pinetree Garden Seeds
sciadopitys Positive Mellinger's
dlmorrow Negative Direct Gardening
alex18 Negative Green Escape Palm Trees
dlmorrow Positive Tomatofest.com
CRed21 Positive Dune Lane Nursery
jmaldg3 Positive Flowerville Farms
aletaanne Positive Seeds Blum
christybingham1 Positive Trees Direct Online

Final Notes

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Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave Whitinger, StandardOut.com

And that's the way it was... January 27, 2003